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Churches, 1937

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Grand Old Man of Methodist Church Mr. John Shorter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

To its wealth of historical association Parramatta adds a living link with the foundation of Methodism in the person of Mr. John Shorter, of Boundary-street…

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On Goulburn Island Mission Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 22

MRS. SWEENEY and her children on Goulburn Island (left) and, right, outside the mission on the Island…

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Rare Jesuit Prints. Early Japanese Mission

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 25

In the course of a search of several weeks through a vast collection of old books in the library of one of the Catholic churches of Peiping, China, Rev. John…

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Catholic Notes Notice for the Clergy

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 26

The following letter has been issued by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney: Notice For the Rev. Clergy. Orationes Imperatae…

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Glimpses of Catholic Mission Life THE 25th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Leper Asylum of Makogai. Makogai—Fiji Islands, Oceania

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 3

On 29th November, 1791, two French missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, left Levuka, the principal town of the Island of Ovalau, to go and found…

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Catholic Youths' Wireless League. New Year Proposals

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 12

"Youth is the golden period of life, and every well spent moment will be like good seed planted in an auspicious season." There have been no truer words spoken,…

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N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 26

[For all information as to formation of new branches, affiliations, syllabus items, meetings, debates, and all competitions, please communicate with the general secretary of the Union,…

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In the Steps of St. Paui—17. the Mission to Cyprus

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 14

About A.D. 45 three men set out from Syria to change the faith of the world. They were Barnabas, Paul and Mark. They did not go to Rome, the…

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N.S.W. Catholic Lawn Tennis Association. Report on Interstate Carnival, Adelaide

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 29

The 1936 Carnival has now concluded. The principal quest of the New South Wales party was achieved when his Lordship Dr. Killian, Archbishop of…

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N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies Union. Western Suburbs Debating Societies Sports Committee

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 32

A large and enthusiastic garnering attended the first meeting for the 1937 season of the Western Suburbs Debating Societies Sports Committee on Sunday,…

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LOOKING Backwards Our Catholic Life of Long Age Notes From Our Files of 1898

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 11

We notice the following changes in the Goulburn Diocese the first week in August:—"Rev. P. J. Donovan, Adm., of Goulburn, to be parish priest of…

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The Development of Catholic Education in Australia An Adelaide Congress Paper XVI. The Search for Gold

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

For all its years of life the body politic grew stunted like an underfed child; it lacked the virility but not the years of the Eastern States. Little came from its…

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"God and the Supernatural." Christianity Not a Failure. a Catholic statement of the Christian Faith. Second Spring series. (Longmans, London, 5/-.)

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 31

Is Christianity a failure? The answer to that question depends upon a man's temperament or mental outlook: as often as not his ignorance more than…

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For the Catholic Motorist Road Signs Which Cause Confusion in England. Safety First Always, But Are the Road Signs Efficient and Sufficient

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 13

There is probably no country more liberally endowed than England. with road signs, ranging from the familiar red triangle or white line to the…

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Christian Science Churches

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 8
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

"God" was the subject in all churches of Christ, Science, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: "God is the Lord, who hath shewed us light."…

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The Second Church Arises How Sydney Welcomed St. Patrick's

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 15

After the very able and touching discourse delivered by Dr. Ullathorne, on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of St. Patrick's the committee…

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Church Worker Death of Mrs. A. Fisher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

Prominently associated with the Methodist Church at Merrylands for a number of years, Mrs. A. Fisher died at her residence, Oxford-street, Merrylands,…

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Finance and Trade Casey's London Mission Canberra

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 10

IMPERIAL defence, Empire trade and finance arc among the principal matters for consideration at the Imperial…

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Solve Employment Problem Mission Of Visitor From Wales

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 11

MISS SIONED STRICK has just paid a visit to New Zealand to try to find work there for some of the thousands unemployed in her…

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